Last Dinner in Seattle (I think)

Because law school students are so freakin' awesome, we celebrated the conclusion of our last finals of the year with Chinese food in Lake City at this place called Chiang's Gourmet. It was also a chance to enjoy company with my friends, make some new ones, and basically muse on UW and Law School and realizing that perhaps if I had tried harder it would've been less lonely for me. Nonetheless, friends are friends for a long time and I'm glad to know these folks. :)

We also had dessert in West Seattle, at this place called Bakery Nouveau. The desserts were good (not necessarily mindblowing as my companions described but not half bad) and the company and coffee made it enjoyable.

I'm a little sleepy so the usual Trissy wit is lost, but rest assured that I'm ok and alive - just need some sleep on my freshly washed carpet floor. :p

and a little melancholy - as we drove over the bridge connecting Seattle with West Seattle and looked at the night skyline of Seattle with all the monochrome lights glowing in the distance, I realised I'll actually kinda miss this place, for all the shit and cold summers and nonsense I've been through. So. Last thoughts from me.


Us at Chiang's Gourmet.

From left to right;
- Yong Yun, Korea, good friend of mine - we took at least 1 class together every quarter

- Saza, America, new acquaintance but who drove us around

- Michiko, Japan, good friend - very sweet lady, we also shared classes and she's really very nice and open

- Eri, Japan, friend - a bit reserved in the beginning but really friendly and funny

- Rayo, USA, friend - Filipino descent, from SF, sunny disposition, absent his usual peroxide blonde hair

- Hania and son (his name suddenly escapes me), Syria descent - only knew her from International Law class

And as it turns out, it really was a case of "if i'd talked more". Or perhaps "if i'd look friendlier". :p


Bakery Nouveau.


The desserts we chose. So very good, so very sinful, hurhur.

Last Thoughts before Sundown

Sitting in Room 133 right before my Torts II exam. While everyone looks at their notes in a frantic last minute ditch to do well / get in everything they hadn't studied / paid attention the whole year past, I'm just chilling.

As are those dudes listening to the Rocky soundtrack. :p

This really is the final countdown. No more reason to come back to Law School, no more reason to sit here, no more reason, purpose, compulsion of being a UW Law student.

I guess I really should be concentrating on the exam per se, and defamation and what have you. All that kind of 'important' stuff.

Yet all I can do is remember, smile a little, feel a little sad.

Last exam before sundown, last week before flyin'.

Will be damn glad to be home though, such is the conundrum of my Seattle experience. :)

God Damn.

I've got 2 weeks before I return home.

Suddenly the past 9 months have seemed irrelevant, the future looks a bit uncertain (esp given the @$#!~# army) and these essays and books I surround myself with seem unimportant. Like something's more pertinent, something's more needy than these tests.

But with 13 days to go before I touch Singaporean soil, Seattle suddenly becomes a slightly friendlier place, people smile more and life seems a wee bit better.

And these 9 months, if they taught me nothing, taught me to love my friends, my family and those who care about me genuinely a bit more than I did.

To Seattle, cold summers and cold smiles.

Suddenly, leaving you is a little tougher than I thought.